size and cost of the problem steve atkins spamcon foundation word to the wise
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Size and Cost of the Problem
Steve AtkinsSpamCon Foundation
Word to the Wise
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So… How bad is it? 4% don’t find spam annoying 96% find it annoying, or worse
That’s 161,000,000 US end users Or 628,000,000 end users
worldwide
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End users are really annoyed
AOL users reported 4,000,000 pieces of spam on February 20th
On March 5th, they reported 5,500,000 pieces of spam
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It’s going to get worse - AOL
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More email, more spam
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More email, yet more spam
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Ridiculous amounts of spam
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SpamEmail
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What does it cost? $30-50/yr in direct costs to every
end user
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What does it cost? $30-50/yr in direct costs to every
end user $730/yr in lost productivity for
every employee
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What does it cost? $30-50/yr in direct costs to every
end user $730/yr in lost productivity for
every employee $8,900,000,000/yr total cost to US
corporations
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Receiving spam costs? $30-50/yr in direct costs to every
end user $730/yr in lost productivity for every
employee $8,900,000,000/yr total cost to US
corporations $650,000,000 this year in anti-spam
and content filtering products
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Receiving spam costs? $30-50/yr in direct costs to every
end user $730/yr in lost productivity for
every employee $8,900,000,000/yr total cost to US
corporations $650,000,000 this year in anti-
spam and content filtering products $1-2/spam in lost productivity
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Costs to a spammers ISP? A dialup provider estimates $2,000
- $10,000 to deal with a single spamming dialup customer
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Costs to a spammers ISP? A dialup provider estimates $2,000
- $10,000 to deal with a single spamming dialup customer
A large end user ISP estimates $8 to handle each incoming complaint
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Costs to a spammers ISP? A dialup provider estimates $2,000
- $10,000 to deal with a single spamming dialup customer
A large end user ISP estimates $8 to handle each incoming complaint
A large end user ISP may receive hundreds of thousands or millions of complaints a month
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Profits to the spammer The spam-related pornography business
is estimated at $3,200,000,000 in 2002
The Arizona AG seized $30,000,000 from one “grow 1-3 inches” spam group
Around 70% of spam has illegal content
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Al Ralsky
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Al Ralsky
200 mailservers
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Al Ralsky
200 mailservers 140,000,000 / hour
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Al Ralsky
200 mailservers 140,000,000 / hour 3,360,000,000 / day
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Al Ralsky
200 mailservers 140,000,000 / hour 3,360,000,000 / day 23,520,000,000 /
week
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Al Ralsky
200 mailservers 140,000,000 / hour 3,360,000,000 / day 23,520,000,000 /
week 1,226,400,000,000 /
year
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Al Ralsky
1,226,400,000,000 / yearAt $1/spam that’s Nearly 5 years output of the US mint A pile of dollar bills a third of the way to the
moon Nearly one fifth of the US national debt A line of dollar bills from the earth to the sun
a quarter of the way back
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A Freemail Provider 80% of incoming mail blocked at
the router Cost of spam still nearly
$12,000/mo
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A Freemail Provider 80% of incoming mail blocked at
the router Cost of spam still nearly
$12,000/mo If the IP based blocking weren’t
used then the cost of spam would increase to $180,000 - $324,000/mo
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A Hosting Provider
A spammer providing $9,500/mo revenue
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A Hosting Provider
A spammer providing $9,500/mo revenue
Initial blacklisting blocks $16,500/mo of innocent customers
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A Hosting Provider
A spammer providing $9,500/mo revenue
Initial blacklisting blocks $16,500/mo of innocent customers
Second stage blacklisting blocks $38,500/mo of innocent customers
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Indirect Costs 15% of solicited email doesn’t
reach recipients mailboxes Mail blocking by imperfect mail
filters causes significant losses to legitimate business use of email
The deluge of spam also causes significant losses
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In Summary There’s a lot of spam It’s causing massive costs It’s getting worse It’s going to keep getting worse
until the problem is alleviated or the mail system collapses
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That’s all, folks!
Steve [email protected]
http://word-to-the-wise.com/(follow the whitepapers link)
http://spamcon.org/